"Every time I teach about the 19th amendment it's a great day for me because I get to bring in artifacts from my great grand uncle and I start by telling student half the room here couldn't vote. But thanks to the 72 years of suffrage workers but thanks to them and his last-minute vote they can vote now," Tyler Boyd said.

After the bill was passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives, it was adopted 8 days later on Aug. 26, 1920.